We've got loads of new babies around these days.
Congratulations to Shanti on the birth of her first little boy and to Surrender on the birth of his first boy.
Neither itty bitty has been named yet and since were born earlier this week, they will have their naming ceremonies next weekend (or thereabouts)
(edited to add that Surrender is still unable to go back to his village to see or HOLD his new baby boy. Flooding in his village has made roads literally impassable and he waits - patiently - in Delhi for word that he can make the journey to lay eyes on his little one for the first time. I feel horrible for him! These rains are just not stopping and causing so much heartache and damage, both physically and mentally)
We also brought two babies home recently.
We have long thought about getting a dog here in Delhi - a smaller dog than Donut - since one of the the reasons we wanted to find him a better home was because of the lack of space in a flat vs the land/house we left in Ohio. Donut was a cross between a German Shepherd and a Collie and was pretty dang big.
(I would link you to the posts I wrote surrounding the days of passing our beloved Donut to his new owners back in Ohio, but it would honestly make me teary to re-read them ... so just know that all of our hearts hurt when we handed him over to Jake and Kim ... and that we think about him nearly every day. If you want to read about it, click to the left on the label section where it says "pets")
A couple of weeks ago, a friend posted a pic of 5 sweet pups that had been born outside of their gate to a street mama.
Ah - they had me at hello.
I gave Husb some puppy dog eyes of my own and we decided to get the kids a puppy ... one that was small ... one that was already "India-fied" and one that would be much loved by our family.
Fast forward to last Saturday when I left the house "secretly" to go pick up SA (pronounced "essay" ... which is short for Special Agent) that the kids had picked out. Halfway home with the little pookie in my arms, i called Todd to give him an ETA. I told him that there was one puppy left who was so sweet and seemed sad to say goodbye to his brother. When I said that it was good I already knew which one we had chosen and only had one puppy crate he said "Turn around"
So we went from ONE puppy ... very quickly to TWO.
I love my Husb!
I love my Husb!
So needless to say, we are celebrating 4 babies in our household these days!
The pups, SA and Lilly with their new vet, Dr. Choudhary
We are admittedly a dog family. We love our kitties too, but there is something about the dog breath, the loyalty and the adoration that a canine provides.
Mia with her "Lilly Girl"
Welcome to the family, little ones!
(If anyone wants to know, they are SMART dogs .... there must be something in the "street dog gene" that is allowing them to be rockin' the paper training duties and they already respond to our "NO!" direction ... at only 6 weeks and with less than a week in our home!)
